by Nick Zazulia | May 26, 2016 | Education
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Kids like pirates. But they typically don’t know them by the name “picaroon.” That’s the word that Arlington’s Jacob Williams was asked to spell in the third round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee Wednesday. Unfortunately, he replaced the...
by Kierra Gray | May 26, 2016 | Education
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Alexandra Snyder, a 13-year-old from Albany, New York, made it through two rounds of the Scripps National Spelling Bee Wednesday, but she didn’t make it to the final 45 spellers still in the competition – felled by an inadequate score on a...
by Siri Bulusu | May 26, 2016 | Education
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — After an admirable show of poise and confidence, 12-year-old Myrtle Beach native Henry Hein was cut from the Scripps National Spelling Bee, despite spelling correctly in the live competition. He just didn’t score high enough on a written...
by Xiumei Dong | May 26, 2016 | Education
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Sixth-graders Vasundara Govindarajan and Kyla Lin Truong headed into the Scripps National Spelling Bee Wednesday with high hopes of carrying on family traditions, but only one of the South Florida girls made it into Thursday’s final round....
by Steve Musal | May 26, 2016 | Education
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Two central San Joaquin Valley, California, girls found their spelling journeys halted Wednesday, each by a single-letter error and the sound of a disqualification bell at the 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee. Ananya Vinay of Fresno and...
by Meggie Morris | May 26, 2016 | Education
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Silently fixated on the palm of her hand, 13-year-old Sophia Hoffman of Lee’s Summit meticulously traced the word “sequacious.” “That is correct,” said Mary Brooks, the Scripps National Spelling Bee’s head judge. “I was really nervous...
